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Post by thekbq14 on Feb 10, 2024 10:19:20 GMT
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Post by Busboy105 on Feb 10, 2024 10:27:23 GMT
Having walked over Hammersmith Bridge a while ago, it really wouldn't surprise me if they kept Hammersmith Bridge for pedestrians and cyclists only. |
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Post by southlondonbus on Feb 10, 2024 11:16:02 GMT
Having walked over Hammersmith Bridge a while ago, it really wouldn't surprise me if they kept Hammersmith Bridge for pedestrians and cyclists only. With it reported to now cost £250m go fully restore I wouldn't be surprised either if it never happens. |
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Post by SILENCED on Feb 10, 2024 11:28:46 GMT
Having walked over Hammersmith Bridge a while ago, it really wouldn't surprise me if they kept Hammersmith Bridge for pedestrians and cyclists only. With it reported to now cost £250m go fully restore I wouldn't be surprised either if it never happens. This really sets a bad precedent. What if other bridges are neglected by their owning authority. How many crossings can we afford to lose? |
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Post by southlondonbus on Feb 10, 2024 11:59:48 GMT
With it reported to now cost £250m go fully restore I wouldn't be surprised either if it never happens. This really sets a bad precedent. What if other bridges are neglected by their owning authority. How many crossings can we afford to lose? Others though aren't of such unique build and can probably be easier to repair/rebuild. |
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Post by SILENCED on Feb 10, 2024 13:15:33 GMT
This really sets a bad precedent. What if other bridges are neglected by their owning authority. How many crossings can we afford to lose? Others though aren't of such unique build and can probably be easier to repair/rebuild. To be honest if regular preventative maintenance had occured over the years the cost would be nowhere near the sums being talked about now. The reason it is so bad is due to negligence. Council budgets are coming under pressure. What if one of these 'green' thinking councils thinks, we can cut the £10m maintenance budget from the bridge this year and when it get so bad we will just close it to heavy vehicles, then all motor vehicles? We can then demand TfL or Central Government pay for it. This is basically what Hammersmith & Fulham have been doing for many years. I'm not so sure we will not see another council announcing permanent restrictions on a Thames crossing before 2050. |
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Post by ronnie on Feb 10, 2024 13:21:49 GMT
With it reported to now cost £250m go fully restore I wouldn't be surprised either if it never happens. This really sets a bad precedent. What if other bridges are neglected by their owning authority. How many crossings can we afford to lose? Don’t give ideas. Councils may actually start neglecting bridges so old ones can be demolished, then new ones can be built (more money to friends, chums and cronies!) and magically toll the new bridges |
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Post by PGAT on Feb 10, 2024 15:34:12 GMT
Personally, I think it's wonderful that pedestrians and cyclists get to roam free on the bridge
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Post by vjaska on Feb 10, 2024 17:06:52 GMT
Personally, I think it's wonderful that pedestrians and cyclists get to roam free on the bridge Whilst a larger area is badly affected by congestion which impacts buses, particularly on the Richmond to Putney corridor? Not sure wonderful is a word I’d use |
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Post by gwiwer on Feb 11, 2024 16:31:43 GMT
Hammersmith Bridge is badly needed to ease road congestion across a wider area. Funding rather than technology is the issue as I understand it. As others have rightkly said had it not been badly negelcted for so many years the costs could have been managed better years ago.
As we learned when Wandsworth Bridge was also closed the wider area can come to a grinding halt very easily. If this were a rail bridge there would be a legal requirement to maintain it in perpetuity even if no longer used by a railway. That should apply to road bridges also.
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